Curated Digital Engagement Invitations
One engagement invitation.
Every event, tracked separately.
Close family at the dinner, everyone at the party, both sides at lunch the day after. One invitation per guest, with a headcount and a dietary list for every part of it.
Your first 50 guests are free. No card needed.
Zainab & Idris
You are warmly invited to the engagement of
20 to 22 November 2026
Manchester
Until the family dinner
The days
Friday 20 November · 7:00 PM
Family Dinner
The Whitworth, Manchester
Saturday 21 November · 8:00 PM
Engagement Party
Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Sunday 22 November · 12:30 PM
Family Lunch
The house
- 1The WhitworthFri · Family Dinner
- 2Victoria WarehouseSat · Engagement Party
How it happened
Idris asked in the kitchen on a Tuesday, with the pasta boiling over and no speech prepared. Zainab said yes before he had finished the sentence.
The wedding is a long way off and we are not ready to talk about it yet. What we are ready for is a weekend with everybody we love.
The people who knew first
Getting there
By train
Both venues are fifteen minutes from Piccadilly, and the trams run late on a Saturday.
See it on the map ↗Flying in
Manchester Airport is twenty minutes into the city on the train, and it runs every ten minutes.
See it on the map ↗Driving and parking
There is parking at the warehouse, but a taxi back into town on Saturday night is the easier evening.
See it on the map ↗Where to stay
The rooms we have held
The Principal
Ten minutes from both venues. Quote ZAINABIDRIS when you book.
Book a room ↗A hotel nearby
The Cow Hollow
Smaller, in the Northern Quarter, and a short walk from Friday's dinner.
Open their website ↗What to wear
Smart on Friday. Cocktail wear on Saturday, with a touch of deep green if you have it. Sunday is come as you are.
Questions
- Is this the wedding?
- It is not, and we do not have a date yet. When we do, you will be the first to know.
- Can I bring someone?
- Your invitation names everyone it covers. If it says plus one, bring whoever you like.
- Are children invited?
- Very welcome at Friday's dinner and Sunday's lunch. Saturday night is for the grown-ups.
Gifts
Nothing at all, please. You coming to Manchester for a weekend is the gift.
Read that again ↗Thank you for the years of asking when, and for never once making it feel like a question we had to answer. Now you know. Come and celebrate with us.
Zainab & Idris
Will you be joining us?
Let us know for each day you are invited to. It takes a moment, and you can change your answer later.
Replying as Rachel Iwu
Not you?
- Family DinnerFri 20 Nov · 7:00 PM
- Engagement PartySat 21 Nov · 8:00 PM
- Family LunchSun 22 Nov · 12:30 PM
Saved. You can change this any time.
Sent directly to guests on WhatsApp or iMessage.
Choose a scene
Envelopes
Give your guests an unforgettable first impression as the wax seal lifts to reveal your magical scene within
- Nothing for guests to installGuests open the invitation directly from chat
- Sent from your own WhatsApp or iMessageSo it arrives from you, not from a platform
- Paid once, never a subscriptionFree to your first 50 guests, then one payment
- One list for you and your vendorsRSVPs and dietary notes in one place, ready to export for caterers and venues
01How it works
You send the invitations. We track every reply.
Invitations go out from your own WhatsApp or iMessage, one tap each, so they arrive from you rather than from a platform, and guests reply where they already talk to you.
The steps4
- 01
Build your events
Dinner, The party, Family lunch, or whatever yours are called. Each gets its own time, venue and dress code on the one invitation.
- 02
Add your guests
Type them in or paste your whole list, then tick who is invited to which event. A name is enough to start.
- 03
Send from your own WhatsApp
Add a guest's number and one tap opens WhatsApp, message written and addressed. You press send.
- 04
Watch replies land
A yes or no for each event, with headcounts and dietary notes, counted up as they come in.
Your side of it: three invitations lined up to send, and the reminders after. Take the names in any order, and your place is kept if you stop for the night.
Rachel Iwu
+44 7700 900 116
Hi Rachel! You're invited to the engagement of Zainab & Idris 💍 View your invite & RSVP here: ourguestlist.co.uk/i/rachel
02The look
Your invitation, as it lands in WhatsApp. Choose your theme.
03Why one RSVP is never enough
Some guests are only coming to the party. Both families are there for all of it.
Most tools track one RSVP for one event. An engagement that runs over a weekend needs separate headcounts for the dinner, the party and the lunch, so each venue has the right number. Add as many events as your weekend needs.
An example celebration
Dinner
Parents, grandparents and the people who have known you longest, with its own table plan to build.384The party
Everybody, with dietary notes captured at RSVP and a headcount you can export for the bar.14621Family lunch
Both families, the day after, and a room you can size properly rather than guess at.62904What it costs
One payment for the whole celebration. Never per guest, never per month.
Essential
Free
No card needed, and it stays free for good.
- Up to 50 guests
- Your website
- RSVP tracking for up to 2 events
- The simple caterer's workbook
- WhatsApp and iMessage invitation cards
- Eight second invitation scene
- Ready-made wax seals
Tailored
£65
Paid once, for one celebration.
Everything in Essential, and
- Up to 400 guests
- Unlimited RSVP tracking for every event
- Access to the full theme collection
- Your planner on the dashboard
- The enhanced caterer's workbook
- A monogram wax seal
- Standard support
Bespoke
£195
Paid once. Made with you, not for you.
Everything in Tailored, and
- Unlimited guests
- A custom invitation theme designed for you
- Your own web address, in your name
- A custom eight second invitation scene
- A wax seal made for you
- An onboarding call
- Priority support
Still costing it up with a printer? Printing and posting invitations for a 200-guest engagement party, cards, envelopes and postage, comes to more than £150. That's at least £85 more than paying us once.
See the full workings
05For planners
Every celebration you're running, under one login.
Manage multiple client celebrations directly from your dashboard header. Invite the couple to collaborate on a single shared guest list, then export per-event headcounts for caterers and venues.
Numbers your vendors actually need
Not just “146 people said yes.” The Export button on your guest list gives you a spreadsheet: everyone with their answer to each event, each event’s headcount standing over its own column, and the dietary notes on a sheet of their own, ready to forward to whoever is cooking.
What the export gives you4
- Every event shows what's confirmed, and the most it could still become
- Dietary notes on their own sheet, with no phone numbers on it
- Guests say how many are coming, wherever you've allowed extra
- Filter to one event or one group and export just those
The spreadsheet
Guest list
An example list · 5 guests
Headcounts
Who is coming, event by event
Dietary notes
3 of the 5 guests have a note